swampwalker
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| Modwright Transporter VS Opera Droplet 5.0 CDP. Chillinimrod- Recommend careful "due diligence" on CDPs sourced form China. Make sure you can get effective timely and economical support. Also note that MWTP can form the basis of a very flexible network music system w minimal user computer knowl... | |
| analog newbie questions... Nope. Phono pre-amp = phono stage. | |
| Upgrading wall outlets Or pig snot!!!! | |
| analog newbie questions... You need three functions besides speakers and TT.1. Phono stage to boost v. low voltage signal from cartridge and apply "RIAAA equalization" to compensate for frquency response anomalies in recording process.2. Line stage/input switching to select... | |
| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit Whoa, dude! Slllooooow downnnnnnnnnnnn, I'm not sure about Kool-aid but methinks a chill-pill is in order. | |
| Native FLAC Player Check out the MusicVault which to my mind is a hybrid NAS/Music server which auto-rips FLAC files and can send them wirelessly or wired to a network player. Also has squeezecenter built-in so you get internet radio, and Pandora/Rhapsody/Amazon etc... | |
| Best Headphones & Amp---Opinions Please Best headphone I have heard (vs. Senn 650, AKG 701, Stax Lambda Pro)is the AKG K1000. If you go that way, they need to be driven from the speaker outs from about a 5 wpc or better amp. This puts many SET integrateds into the picture. Right now I a... | |
| Vandersteen V2W Subs They were design for HT use and have the hook-ups for that. The other vandersteen sub works off the main amp outputs and thus would not work w an HT rig. I can't think of any reason why it would be a problem, other than a bit of a boomier sound. O... | |
| I built my own Turntable and here are the results Beautiful!!!! Congrats. | |
| Who has dumped the power conditioner? Looks to me like a 3-way guerrilla marketing campaign. Sure they know its not considered appropriate, but they are only interested in themselves. They will have dozens of rationalizations, but bottom line is that this is nothing different from Phi... | |
| Thinking of buying a solid state amp Well, the 350.5s not going to solve your warm weather issue, since it operates in Class A up to 40wpc. | |
| Bananas Vs Spades??? Dave_b is correct. However, just remember Frank Schroder's famous comment "the next step after really tight is totally loose... | |
| phono preamp crackling I'f guess bad solder joint in the phono. | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Sbank-If your budget allows, I would sell the DAC you have and get Dan Wright to mod a transporter for you. I am now using a MusicVault server sending FLAC files wirelessly to a MW transporter; analog out to Doshi Alaap line stage/Doshi-Lectron am... | |
| Center Channel Frequency Response ware is doug (sedond) when we knead him? |